Microsoft bounced back from all the DRM talk from last year by giving a safe and gaming-centric conference, while Sony rolled out a rather long-winded but content-diverse conference at this year's big electronics gaming show. The real surprise was from the Big 'N', playing up the hype to their own tune with an amazing E3 direct conference that unveiled megaton exclusives and lots of amazing new games due for release over the next year for the Wii U. Everyone was worried about Nintendo establishing hype and momentum following the massive sales of Mario Kart 8 and E3 was a proving ground of big things on the horizon for the Japanese company that went every which way but wrong.

Both Microsoft and Sony also did a commendable job of keeping their consoles in the spotlight. Microsoft focused on keeping the discussions about the positive sides of the Xbox, while Sony introduced plenty of new games, features and content for the roadmap of the PlayStation 4.

There's also plenty of hands-on impressions from this year's E3 event, enabling gamers to get an idea of what to expect and what they can look forward to from many of the upcoming titles due out this year. These stories and more in this June 14th, 2014 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.